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IMPROVED CLOTHES-PIN.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that we, W. H. WELLS end JOSEPH HAWSE, of Newport Centre, inthe county of Orleans, and State of Vermont, have invented o. new und.improved Clothes-Pin; and we do herebyT lleclnre that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof', which will enable thoseskilled in the zi-rt to make ond use thc seme, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, forming p-.irt of this specification.

'lhe present invention relates to a. pin or cl-.trnp for confining aline-.1nd clothes and other materials hung or suspended thereon, whichpin or clamp is formed of n. continuous wire that, between its two ends,is coiled sutliciently to give it e spring or elasticity, and at eachend is provided with :tn arm or roller, attached thereto in any suitablemanner. In the accompanying plete of drawings our improved clothes-pinor clnmn is illustrated- Figure 1 being n side orface view of the sume,and

Figure 2 en edge View.

Similar letters et' reference indicate corresponding parts'.

A, in the drawings, represents our improved clothes-pin or clamp. Thisclothespin is mede from :L wire, a, that, between its two ends b, iscoiled to` e degree sufficient to give its arms B elasticity or springenough to close, by the rollers or arm C applied to such end, againsteach other, and there be held, consequently confining the line and theclothes, tc., suspended thereon, between the two arms, ns shown in rednt D.

We claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- Theclothes-pin, constructed as described, having its ends b bent nt rightangles to the body, t0 receive the rollers C, which press against eachother beneath the clothes-line, the lutter being placed at D, betweenthe arms a a, es herein shown and described.

W. H. WELLS, JOSEPH HAWSE.

Witnesses:

J. N. YOUNG, D. L. HILDRETH.

1 P@ WHITE. Sewing-Machine Guide and Hemmer.

No. 69,289. t Patented Sept. 24, 1867.

